I have been at this site from very early on and watched it change over the decades.I would not say a BP convention has no value.

orSeek, a joint venture with let's say a 10-year balloon.Forget traditional lending you have to think outside the box.

you probably don't want to read what the state has to say.. :) as its not what you guys ever want to hear... but any way onward and upward.

If I decide to invest in say a SFR and for some reason none of the 3,262,000 SFR on the market can a deal be made with, I can invest my money in commercial property, real estate syndications, REITs, real estate notes, real estate note funds, money market funds, index equity stock funds, bonds, and about 10 million other investments, to obtain the ROI I seek.A benefit of making an offer good (or GREAT) for you and not worrying about what the seller wants or needs (at least in your initial offer) is that if you get a quick “no” you can move on to the next deal without wasting a month negotiating a deal that has no chance to close.  

Those factors, plus the work needed to underwrite something like that, tend to make them trickier than say, a 90%/100% lender.The second thing is ensuring that the values that they are operating under will work with 100% financing.

I always say a million in equity plus 5 bucks still wont buy you a cup of coffee  but there has to be a way. 

I guess I would say a safe bet would be to use the hard money lenders numbers for a base line to judge houses by.

.), you can legally pay a referral fee on a commercial mortgage loan, as long as the referring source does nothing more than call you with a name and phone number of a prospective borrower.However, if the referral source — say, a commercial real estate broker — starts to negotiate terms (rate, points, term, etc.), then he is working as a commercial mortgage broker.

As I'm sure you understand already, the ra-ra gurus of real estate try to say as little about eviction as possible.

But if you later apply to another loan and you have, say, a $0 balance on your heloc, they might look at it similarly to having balance on a credit card, which doesn't really add to your DTI.